The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled immediate past governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari.
Okay.ng understands that Yari was expelled alongside the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the APC, Lawali Shuaibu.
Chairman of the party in Zamfara, Surajo Maikatako, and the Publicity Secretary, Muhammad Bakyasuwa, disclosed this in a joint statement after an emergency meeting held in Gusau, the state capital.
The party statement read:
“Yari and his co-travellers exposed the party to in Zamfara state.”
“The former governor frustrated its efforts to conduct primaries last year, thus laying the foundation for the electoral misfortune that befell it in the state.”
“After reviewing the outing of our party in the last general election and the outcome of the Supreme Court Judgement, we hereby dismiss the former governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari and the Deputy National Chairman Sen Lawali Shuaibu from the APC.
“Following this development, we are urging them to immediately surrender all the belongings of the party in their possession including funds.
“Yari and his boys scuttled the efforts of our national headquarters to conduct primaries on the 3rd and 7th of October 2018. His nefarious activities led to the death of six persons and over 200 others were injured.”
